Fifalite's managing director David Pfeiffer has always leant towards a different brand of lighting console but he happened to be visiting Brisbane Show Technology on a different matter, when Adam White showed him a brochure for the new dot2 console.
"I had always admired the MA brand in so much as everywhere I go, the grandMA2 seems to be the console of choice," commented Pfeiffer. "I never thought I would own one as I run a fairly small business and they are quite expensive for me. Plus the type of shows that I do would not warrant having such a fancy console. However, the dot2 brochure got me interested and once I found out the price, I was hooked."
Much of Pfeiffer's business is cross hire so he was delighted to discover that the dot2 was designed for the novice operator. The easy to operate dot2 software provides onboard Help and Direct Hints to guide a new user to operate the console to its full potential.
"You don't have to be a lighting expert to get a show up and running," said Pfeiffer. "I knew that would suit my customers and to be honest, also me as I operate fairly irregularly these days! The inbuilt help menus are great and a very handy feature."
Pfeiffer was particularly impressed by the weight of the console; at 9.1kg it's a big difference to his previous console that weighed 22kg. "As I'm getting older I worry about the weight of a lot of things!" he said. "Often I am working by myself and have to lug the console into gigs alone. Although it doesn't weigh much, the dot2 XL-F feels very solid and well built."
(Jim Evans)
